White House Correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network, April Ryan(L), assists Helen Thomas, the White House Correspondent who has reported on every US President and Press Secretary since John F. Kennedy, to her front row center seat for the daily press briefing in the Press Room of the White House November 12, 2008, in Washington. Ms. Thomas is returning after being out with an extended illness. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

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